16 USC 6703 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 6703.

Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

Adaptive ecosystem management

(A)

Definition

The term “adaptive ecosystem management” means a natural resource management process under which planning, implementation, monitoring, research, evaluation, and incorporation of new knowledge are combined into a management approach that—

(i)

is based on scientific findings and the needs of society;

(ii)

treats management actions as experiments;

(iii)

acknowledges the complexity of these systems and scientific uncertainty; and

(iv)

uses the resulting new knowledge to modify future management methods and policy.

(B)

Clarification

(2)

Affected entities

The term “affected entities” includes—

(A)

land managers;

(B)

stakeholders;

(C)

concerned citizens; and

(D)

the States of the interior West, including political subdivisions of the States.

(3)

Dry forest and woodland ecosystem

(4)

Institute

(5)

Interior West

(6)

Land manager

(A)

In general

(B)

Inclusions

(7)

Restoration

The term “restoration” means a process undertaken to move an ecosystem or habitat toward—

(A)

a sustainable structure of the ecosystem or habitat; or

(B)

a condition that supports a natural complement of species, natural function, or ecological process (such as a low-intensity fire).

(8)

Secretary

(9)

Secretaries

The term “Secretaries” means—

(A)

the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and

(B)

the Secretary of the Interior.

(10)

Stakeholder

(11)

Subdominant trees

(12)

Overstocked stands

(13)

Resilience

(Pub. L. 108–317, § 4, Oct. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 1206.)

cite as: 16 USC 6703